DeCS

Descriptor English:

Ceratopogonidae

Descriptor Spanish:

Ceratopogonidae

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	Ceratopogonidae
Scope note:	Familia de moscas picadoras del orden DIPTERA. Incluye el género Culicoides que transmite parásitos filariales patógenas para el hombre y otros primates.

Descriptor Portuguese:

Ceratopogonidae

Descriptor French:

Ceratopogonidae

Entry term(s):

Culicoides
Culicoïdes
Cératopogonidés
Leptoconops
Moucherons piqueurs

Tree number(s):

B01.050.500.131.617.720.500.500.750.712.500.500

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002519

Scope note:

A family of biting midges, in the order DIPTERA. It includes the genus Culicoides which transmits filarial parasites pathogenic to man and other primates.

Annotation:

for killing Ceratopogonidae with insecticides, see note at INSECTICIDES ; gall midges: index NEMATOCERA

Allowable Qualifiers:

AH anatomie et histologie
CH composition chimique
CL classification
CY cytologie
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EM embryologie
EN enzymologie
GD croissance et développement
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
PY pathogénicité
RE effets des radiations
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie

DeCS ID:

2556

Unique ID:

D002519

NLM Classification:

QX 505

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Date Established:

1981/01/01

Date of Entry:

1999/01/01